The situation in Northern Luzon is a bit delicate. According to intelligence reports, Frederick is vigorously reorganizing his army and practicing martial arts. Compared with the defeat of the Pasha people a few years ago, there is not much difference in military strength. And now it is obvious that Luzon and The Cominis formed an alliance, and the Grand Duchess of the Free Dominion was the one who led the way. She also provided a large amount of financial support and loans for the restoration of Luzon's military strength. Otherwise, the Luzon people would not be able to do so in a short time. Come this far.
According to the intelligence obtained by the security department in Northern Luzon, the attitude of some Andean people in Vito House has become increasingly ambiguous, and some have even secretly colluded with the Luzon people. However, due to the overall situation, the security department has not taken any major measures. The action made Wu Feng a little annoyed. Wu Feng also knew that the capture of Northern Luzon was a coincidence. If the Luzon people had not caused civil strife and the invasion of the Pasha people, it would not have been his turn to enjoy the fertile land of Northern Luzon.
As investment and publicity in Northern Luzon has gradually increased in the past two years, funds from the hinterland of the empire have also begun to pour in. The natural conditions of light, heat and soil irrigation are much stronger than those in the northwest, so Northern Luzon has quickly become a It has become an indispensable raw material and export base for the entire northwest. Economic crops such as coffee, cane sugar, and tobacco have broad market prospects in both the western and eastern continents. Coffee in the Empire became popular for a while, and cane sugar even Beet sugar accounts for more than half of the market. Even areas such as Taixuan, which were originally mainly sugar beet cultivation, have gradually changed to cotton cultivation. Tobacco has gradually entered ordinary people, and is no longer a luxury unique to aristocratic and wealthy businessmen. The development of iron ore in northern Shuangdui has also driven the development of many related industries such as metallurgy and ironware manufacturing, and has become an important supply base for the Indian region.
This huge success has made it impossible and absolutely impossible for the northwest to lose this land, and the economic development has also made local residents of all ethnic groups gradually recognize their rule, and its strategic location determines that it can not only control the The vacillating countries in the Western Region formed a pincer attack, and they were the solid foundation for his future steps into the Central Continent. Under such circumstances, he had to carefully consider the possible consequences of every step he took.
Until now, Wu Feng still has not decided whether to deploy the troops of the Northern Luzon Army to join the eastern front battlefield. Five divisions with 100,000 troops, more or less, are currently used in Northern Luzon. Song's defense should be sufficient, but what if the Luzon people, led by Frederick, took advantage of their eastward expedition to make an expedition to the north? Can it withstand the Luzon people's offensive? Wu Feng had no idea.
It's not that he has no confidence in Helianbo, but Frederick's military genius was surprising in the battle with the Pasha people. The brave man's courage to cut off his wrist made Wu Feng have to admit that even if he had to make the decision to abandon the city of Gyasi at the beginning, The decision is also a very painful one. Then a series of counterattacks were launched on the front line of the Salween River, which was also impressive. After the war, he used the contradiction between the Komini people and the Pasha people to cleverly sow discord, and he lost no time in turning enemies into friends with the Komini people. Forming an alliance and these big moves forced Wu Feng to put the danger of this guy to the highest level. Therefore, even when large-scale troops were deployed on the Tengger Grassland, Wu Feng never relaxed his guard against Luzon.
The gala to celebrate grassland peace was held at the Northwest National Art Palace in Qingyang City. This is an oval-shaped luxury building that can accommodate 12,000 people. It was built four years ago. In the words of Qingyang City Shou Mo Lun, it was specially built to express the admiration of the people of all ethnic groups in the northwest for living and working in peace and contentment under the leadership of the great leader Li Wufeng. It cost a total of three million imperial gold coins and took more than three years to build. Finish. This was an astronomical figure in Northwest Finance four years ago. Xiao Tang, who was also the director of Northwest Finance at the time, denounced it as "a waste of money and a waste of money for the country and the people." At the time, Molun also took great risks to celebrate the sun. The government finance was used as collateral to jointly borrow from several banks that had just established a foothold in the northwest, and then they could barely scrape together enough funds to start construction.
It must be said that this feat of Molun was quite forward-looking at the time. The huge amount of work required a large amount of labor. When the project was launched four years ago, it not only effectively alleviated the employment pressure caused by the influx of immigrants at that time. , and also well united the public sentiment at the time. Although he encountered great financial troubles, under the pressure of Wufeng later, Xiao Tang had to agree to have the northwest county finance department pay part of the money for the project. Afterwards, Xiao Tang angrily denounced it at the Northwest Administrative Work Conference as a typical face-saving project where "Mo Lun is the only one to enjoy the scenery, and the entire northwest county pays for it", triggering numerous complaints from those involved.
The entire building is completely built in Western style. Qingyang City Shoumo Lun, who has always appreciated the architectural style of the Western Continent, specially invited architectural designers from the Western Continent to design the stands. The stands are erected on three floors of radially arranged concrete barrel arches, with three floors on each floor. Ten trumpet arches. They are collected by two circular arcades on the outside, and coupled with the uppermost solid wall, form a 30-meter-high facade. The trumpet arch opens on the facade, with thirty openings on each floor. The ground floor is the loggia entrance, and the upper two floors are window openings. The stands recede step by step, forming a stepped slope. Stairs are arranged in the trumpet arch, leading to each area of the stand. Spectators can find their own entrance according to the ticket number, and then find their own stairs, and they can easily reach their seats by climbing up. The entire Art Palace can accommodate 12,000 people, and entry and exit are orderly and smooth without any confusion.
The outside of the Palace of Fine Arts is built of gray-white tuff, which is extremely majestic. The lower three floors are decorated with coupons and columns, and the solid wall on the top floor is divided by pilasters. A small window is opened in the center of each bay, and a bronze shield is hung. The corbels are stretched out to support the mast at the top. The mast is used to pull the suspension rope to spread the tarpaulin for shade. There are thirty bays in a circle, and only the four gates at both ends of the long and short axis are slightly different from each other. However, its oval shape and column style have caused rich changes and contrasts of light and shadow, and its simplicity and simplicity are Make it appear more grand and solemn. There is a statue in front of each window on the second and third floors, which is very vivid against the black shadow behind it, making the Art Palace noble and vigorous.
Huge projects require a large amount of volcanic ash. Fortunately, there are many volcanoes in the mountainous area at the junction of Qingyang and North Luzon. The volcanic ash is inexhaustible. The vehicles transporting volcanic ash there became the busiest road at that time. The Qingyang Wei family's transportation industry took this opportunity to start to make their first pot of gold, and thus began to move towards the first transportation family in the northwest. Not only was the scenery near the volcano group beautiful, but there were also many hot spring groups, which were later built The hot spring pavilion dedicated to Jiedushi became a holy place for Wu Feng and the women in his harem to relax.
After the speech by Xiao Tang, the administrative director of the northwest, the party officially started. The ethnic groups in the northwest with strong ethnic customs took the stage to perform, performing songs and dances that represented the characteristics of each ethnic group, to show the ethnic groups in the northwest in the great Yum God. great achievements under his leadership.
Along with the singing and dancing, someone sitting in the huge room in the middle also started to complain endlessly.
"Look, look, sir, how is it? What did Mr. Xiao say at the beginning? I, Mo Lun, am alone? Now this is the first time he uses it, but Mr. Xiao is in the limelight. All the people of all ethnic groups in the northwest The eyes are all fixed on the face of Mr. Xiao. You are all the leaders of the various tribes in the northwest. Look, now our Mr. Xiao is happy and full of joy. Who still remembers that I, Molun, worked hard to build this ruined house? The pain that the house suffered in the first place?" The fat man sitting in the lower corner shook his head and vented his dissatisfaction in anger.
Wu Feng regretted that he should not have put this guy in the same room as him. He originally thought that he did have some credit for the completion of this art palace. In addition, he is also the highest local governor of the northwest capital, and even other officials are ranked in the same room. He moved into several other rooms, and sat alone with himself and the leaders from the various ethnic groups in the northwest. But this was not a bad idea, as it would cause a lot of trouble, and I was afraid that there would be no peace tonight.
"Come here!" Seeing someone still talking non-stop, Wu Feng frowned slightly and rolled his eyes.
"Sir, what are your orders?" The guard immediately stood behind Wu Feng.
"Go and ask Mr. Mi Fengmi from next door to come over and add a seat next to Mr. Mo Lun. I think Mr. Mo is in a lively conversation tonight. I think he and Mr. Mi must have many things in common." Wu Feng said lightly.
A certain person who was talking to the people next to him was stunned for a moment, as if a duck egg was suddenly stuffed in his mouth, and he couldn't speak. After seeing the guard's order, he walked out. Then he shouted urgently: "Slow down!"
"What's wrong? Master Mo?" Wu Feng looked at the swollen and red fat face with a half-smile.
"Uh, well, my throat suddenly feels dry and sore. I'm afraid it's because my throat is cold and I can't speak. There's no need to invite Mr. Mi over." The fat man's voice suddenly dropped an octave, and he said without confidence.
"Oh? Lord Mo suddenly caught the cold? What should we do? Lord Mo was so generous with his words just now, why all of a sudden-?" Wu Feng looked surprised.
"Well, there are unforeseen circumstances, and this, this is inevitable." The fat man's voice, which had dropped an octave lower, was really hoarse at this time.
"If that's the case, forget it. Mr. Mo still needs to rest his voice. Let's enjoy the singing and dancing tonight. Fortunately, Mr. Mo's ears haven't had a sudden illness yet. People, health is very important!" Wu Feng nodded, He waved his hand to signal the guards to retreat, and a slight smile crossed his lips.